Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband Chapter 1714: Worse Than Death

"Ethan Barnes!"

"Daddy!"

Celeste Linden and Danielle both gathered around Ethan Barnes.

Ethan Barnes was severely injured, and now his powerful will was the only thing sustaining him. But he had reached his limit. He reached out to stroke Danielle’s cheek, "Danielle, call me one more time."

Danielle’s bright, babyish voice called out, "Daddy! Daddy!"

Ethan felt a profound joy. He had dreamed of hearing Danielle call him. He then looked at Celeste Linden, "Celeste, if... if I survive this, could you... give me another chance?"

Give him another chance?

Celeste Linden’s mind was in turmoil; she hadn’t thought about these things. "Ethan, the doctor will be here soon. Just hold on a bit longer."

Ethan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Celeste Linden, you still can’t forgive me, can you?"

Celeste Linden didn’t know what to say.

Ethan reached out, grasped her cold little hand, and placed it on his chest, "Celeste Linden, falling in love with you is the biggest surprise of my life, and also the most beautiful."

After saying that, he closed his eyes.

"Ethan!"

"Daddy!"

At that moment, a large group of doctors rushed over, "Quickly lift the general and start emergency treatment immediately."

Everyone lifted Ethan Barnes onto the stretcher.

"Sister-in-law, let’s leave this place as well," Ethan’s confidant came over.

Celeste Linden nodded and then prepared to leave with Danielle.

Hahaha.

At this moment, a string of manic laughter came over, and Celeste Linden looked up to see Carlotta.

Carlotta was already insane, running around wildly with a bloodstained knife, laughing while she ran, "Hahaha, I’ve ruined him! No one else will ever get the man I couldn’t have! Hahaha, I killed him. He’s dead, served him right! He owed me all of this!"

"Mommy, it’s that crazy auntie," Danielle said.

Celeste Linden hugged Danielle in her arms and said nothing.

"Sister-in-law, this madwoman almost killed the boss. I should capture her and let her taste a fate worse than death right now!"

"Wait a minute," Celeste Linden stopped him.

"Sister-in-law..."

"Let it go, she’s already insane. Let her be."

"Yes, sister-in-law."

Celeste Linden didn’t sympathize with Carlotta. Initially, she could have lived well by leveraging the favor she had done for Ethan Barnes. However, jealousy had already twisted her humanity, eventually backfiring on her.

Perhaps this was the best ending for Ethan and Carlotta. If he were awake now, he would likely make the same decision.

Celeste Linden and Danielle boarded the cruise ship. As she looked back, the frantic Carlotta ran into the sea, and soon a huge wave swept in, causing Carlotta to disappear from sight.

Hahaha.

Carlotta’s laughter echoed across the sea and then slowly vanished, leaving everything eventually returning to calmness.

...

In the hospital.

Celeste Linden and Danielle kept vigil in the corridor, the red light in the surgery room remained on, and Ethan Barnes had been undergoing surgery for a full eight hours.

"Ethan!" At this moment, a strong and aged voice called out; it was the head of the Barnes family who had arrived.

Celeste Linden stood up. She didn’t like this old man. When she first met Ethan Barnes, she had two encounters with this elder.

This patriarch, who ruled over the Barnes family for a lifetime, spent his life scheming, sending his descendants to high political positions and pushing them into the limelight. He was a truly ruthless and cold-blooded strategist.